Another Birthday, SpeedDate.com
The press release headline says it all: Innovative Online Dating Service Hosts 18 Million Online Dates, Raises over $8 Million, Attracts Millions of Users SpeedDate hosts an average of 120,000 online dates per day, a new date begins on the site every second of the...Happy Birthday to Me
Today I turn 40. I woke up, ran 6 miles and spent the morning fielding phone calls from friends, family and clients, not to mention my Facebook wall is on fire. I spent the last night of my 30’s on a fantastic date and am having a small dinner with a few close...Parallels Between Dating and Fundraising
Andrew Chen has links to one of his favorite blogs. Altgate is A Blog On Startups, Venture Capital & Everything In Between. This post caught my attention, Dating…er…Fundraising Etiquette. Lots of posts about every detail related to fundraising. Killer...Match.com Members send a Billion emails
To celebrate the billionth email sent between UK members, Match.com is launching a consumer panel. I probably would have baked a cake or something. Convening a panel just doesn’t seem a festive way to mark such an incredible milestone.Iovation CEO Interview
Online Personals Watch has an interview with iovation CEO Greg Peirson. Good overview of iovation anti-fraud services. There are also some videos at iovation.com. I have been introducing iovation to dating sites and am pleased with the response so far. Contact me if...The Ultimate Personal Ad Photo Enhancement
A common complaint on online dating sites is that personal ad photos range from unflattering to fake. to make matters worse, in the past few years there has been an influx of photos done by professional photographers that are as disingenuous as the photos people post...Match Mobile Alerts
Received an email from Match about free text alerts. I also figured out how to browse profiles linked from text alerts when someone sends a wink or email. There is an option to view the regular site on my iPhone, instead of the mobile version, which costs $4.95/month...Online Dating Insider: 10-17-2008
Ignighter Raises $1.2 Million For Group Dating. Still, it’s unclear at this point whether there’ll be space in the online dating galaxy for group matching, let alone two virtually indistinguishable players. Both Ignighter and Mixtt have said they could be useful...The Effect of a Recession on Online Dating
Markus at PlentyOfFish says that people are going to stop dating because dating is going to get too expensive. People aren’t going to use a free site or spend $20.00 on a paid one when they have to worry about spending $500+ on dates or dating someone. That’s...
From 2002-2019, David Evans helped entrepreneurs, investors, and the media, make sense of the online dating industry.
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